Supply chain integrity is a main consideration when deciding where to move production bases. The more complete the supply chain, the better the profits for ODMs and electronics manufacturing...
Brand PC vendors are bracing for fierce price-cutting competition as inventories held by their channel distributors remain high, according to industry sources.
Himax Technologies believes its inventories should have hit their peak in the third quarter of 2022, when the display driver IC specialist saw its revenue and EPS both exceed the...
Supply chain sources indicated that Microsoft and Dell had requested to have all their IC sources of supply thoroughly checked - to see if any component stems from the Chinese semiconductor...
The entire notebook supply chain will remain under pressure to digest inventories through the end of the year amid stronger-than-expected slump in end-market demand resulting from...
After enjoying explosive growth in 2020 and 2021, the global PC market quickly encountered a lack-of-demand crisis in 2022, caused by the stacking impact of fewer WFH benefits, the...
Taiwan's IC inspection and certification labs including Sporton International, Audix and BTL continue to enjoy strong demand for Wi-Fi and other network chips, with order visibility...
With lockdown measures being imposed in several Chinese cities due to a resurgence of COVID outbreaks locally, notebook assemblers and related suppliers are being asked by brand US...
Brand notebook vendors are cutting prices to offload excess inventories, which may put their profits under pressure in the second half of this year, according to industry sources.
Brand PC vendors continue to cut back orders amid high inventory levels, and may fail to see their shipments pick up until the second half of 2023, according to industry sources.
Global notebook shipments, not including models with a detachable keyboard, dropped 16% sequentially and 24% on year in the second quarter of 2022, but the volumes will see sequential...
Notebook brand vendors, such as Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell, are looking to develop a new production hub in Mexico, according to sources in the notebook industry.